SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 230 is a Feeder service operating from Caldecott MRT Station and looping at Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, serving the new housing estates of Kim Keat Beacon and Kim Keat Ripples along Kim Keat Avenue and Toa Payoh East respectively.
↺ Lor 8 Toa Payoh (Loop)
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT) ↺ Lorong 8 Toa Payoh (Loop) | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Lorong 2 Toa Payoh, Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Kim Keat Ave, Lorong 7 Toa Payoh | |||||||||||
| Route Length | 10.3 km | |||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 42 – 64 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Bishan–Toa Payoh Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SBS Transit Ltd | |||||||||||
| Current Depot | Hougang Bus Depot (HGDEP)Â | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | Single-deck buses | |||||||||||
| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT) |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:00 – 00:30 | 05:15 – 00:30 | |||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| Loop Service |
6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 12 mins | 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges distance fares capped at 3.2km for feeder services. |
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Feeder Service 230 was originally introduced as a short-distance route linking new residential estates at Kim Keat and Toa Payoh East with Toa Payoh Town Centre and MRT Station in 2023.
Plans for this service were revealed by Mr Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Transport as well as Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Thomson) in a Facebook post in April 2023. According to the post, the service would be ‘implemented in the coming months’. It was later launched on 24 September 2023.
Route Extension to Caldecott MRT
At the launch of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP) in July 2024, a bus service was slated to be extended to connect residents in Toa Payoh East to Caldecott MRT station, to improve connectivity from Toa Payoh East to the Thomson-East Coast Line and the Circle Line. LTA had planned to introduce this bus service by the end of 2024.
However, in an update on 6 December 2024, LTA revealed that this bus service would be Bus Service 230, with extensions to Toa Payoh Lorong 7 and 8, as well as to Caldecott MRT station. The implementation date was then revised to by February 2025, with Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat explaining that the delay was due to the additional time needed to construct the new bus stops for the extensions.
In mid-January 2025, the finalised implementation date for the extension was announced to be on 26 January 2025.
MRT Stations Served
Special Departures
- Lorong 6 Toa Payoh (Aft HDB Hub) → Toa Payoh Link (Bef Caldecott Stn Exit 4) via Lorong 8 Toa Payoh
Weekdays & Saturdays: 05:00
Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:15 - Toa Payoh East (Blk 268A) → Toa Payoh Link (Bef Caldecott Stn Exit 4)
Weekdays & Saturdays: 05:05
Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:20
Route Variant
- Service 230M: Toa Payoh Bus Interchange ↺ Kim Keat Avenue (Loop)
Daily
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Poster Gallery / Misc
Operator History
- 24 Sep 2023 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd
Route History
- 2023 (24 Sep): Introduced as a feeder service from Toa Payoh Integrated Transport Hub and looping at Toa Payoh East. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
- 2025 (26 Jan): Extended to start from Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT) and loop at Lor 8 Toa Payoh under the LTA’s Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP).
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Great news for the living in the Kim Keat vicinity. There haven’t been any bus svs plying this area for a very long time. Thanks to the planner. Most of us are happy to welcome this service.
Thank you
For anyone wondering why svc 230 even exists, 230 is an interim route that is planned to merge with an existing svc to make a G/W svc.
232? source?
Wow that was… underwhelming, to say the least. All that hype for 2 new bus stops and no other significant new connections??? I mean I can understand if connecting it to Lor 7/8 is too much too soon, but then like… no wonder 3 of the 4 locations advertised were all on Lorong 6, this bus goes nowhere
They could have simply amended 238 to loop twice there…one in one out. Add DDs too
Have they considered rerouting an existing bus route, before considering this new bus route?
Just for that 2 new bus stops, then introduce a new bus route, is a little bit excessive.
Really can consider merging this new bus route with an existing bus route.
They could have merged it with 232 cuz it already serve the existing bus stops in this new route. Also if 232 is amended to serve the 2 new bus stops, none of the existing bus stops being served by 232 will be affected. The only change that 232 will have is that it will do an ‘8’ shaped loop.
Finally!
Only Q is which berth will it use? Shared with 238 makes sense since they go similar places, but that 231/238 queue is already heaving as is. Maybe they can swap 73 back to B1 and put 231 to B3 to pair with 141?
Was a shock to see 230 being put with 157 & 159 at B4 not gonna lie. It feels weird for the service to be there